Congratulations to the five MLA members who have been awarded 2026 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellowships! ACLS fellowships support untenured early-career scholars in the humanities and interpretive social sciences as they complete a major scholarly project.
- Joseph Albernaz, Columbia University
- Abdulhamit Arvas, University of Pennsylvania
- Helen Makhdoumian, Vanderbilt University
- Sophie A. Maríñez, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York
- Erika Valdivieso, Yale University